Mora

Definitions

nMoraA game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick movement of the hand, -- much played by Italians of the lower classes.

nMora(Bot) A leguminous tree of Guiana and Trinidad (Dimorphandra excelsa); also, its timber, used in shipbuilding and making furniture.

nMora(Rom. & Civil Law) Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement.

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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

nmoraIn ancient prosody, the unit of time, equivalent to the ordinary or normal short; the semeion or primary time. See time.

nmoraIn civillaw, any unjustifiable delay in the fulfilment of an obligation, for which the party delaying is responsible. It may be either on the side of the debtor who refuses to fulfil or on that of the creditor who refuses to accept. In the first case it gives rise to an action for damages, in the latter case the debtor is discharged of liability for the loss of the thing.

nmoraAn old game still common in Italy, in which one of the players, after raising the right hand, suddenly lowers it, with one or more of the fingers extended, the other players trying to guess the number so extended.

nmoraA majestic leguminous tree, Dimorphandra (Mora) excelsa, abounding in Guiana and Trinidad. Its hard tough wood is much esteemed for ship-building, and is also fitted for cabinet-work by its susceptibility of polish, its chestnut-brown color, and its sometimes figured grain.

nmoraIn Greek antiquity, one of the six main divisions of the army of Sparta, commanded by a polemarch.

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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary

nMoramō′ra (law) delay, esp. unjustifiable.

nMoramō′ra an ancient game played from China to Peru, the aim being to guess the number of fingers held out by a player.

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Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary

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Usage

In literature:

Moras then asked them into his arbour.

"Under Wellington's Command" by G. A. Henty

I will break in a bit just here to speak of an incident which occurred that very night in the modest boudoir of Madame de la Mora.

"The Black Wolf's Breed" by Harris Dickson

The stirring speech of the young noble at Mora Church had not been made in vain.

"Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15)" by Charles Morris

First of all, to the hotel de Mora.

"The Nabob, Volume 1 (of 2)" by Alphonse Daudet

The governor, Francisco Castro de Moraes, made no attempt to stop him until his arrival at the city.

"Journal of a Voyage to Brazil" by Maria Graham

We must do Mora the justice to say that he was no follower of the crowd.

"The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2)" by Alphonse Daudet

As the king approached the morae, some of his own followers even drew back, and formed a knot at a distance.

UCLA Bruins coach Jim Mora said he received an apology from the Pac-12 Conference regarding how referees handled the opening coin toss Saturday against Arizona State, but the Pac-12 said no such apology occurred.